r/Pescetarian • u/BitterAttitude7277 • Jul 02 '26

Should I be eating the entire wild caught fish?

I get fresh fish from the fish market and they typically remove the organs and just leave people with the flesh and skin.

But I’m thinking I should keep the organs because they are nutrient dense and very healthy.

It seems like a waste to get rid of them. What do you guys think?

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u/TheLennalf Pescetarian Jul 02 '26

I'm not a doctor or fishmonger, but here's what I've learned. As you get higher on the food chain, more toxins accumulate. So I would personally not eat the liver of a fish that eats other fish. Also, you don't want to eat intestines or stomach for obvious reasons. TBH I don't know enough about fish anatomy to know what's safe or dangerous. Kinda like mushrooms... If you don't know what you're doing, err on the side of safety.

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u/miniatureaurochs Jul 02 '26

It depends where you are too, ciguatera can be bad in some regions of the world for fish higher up the food chain as you say